Nowadays, the school system is overly focused on grading. Some people argued that the colleges need to receive only students who had excellent transcript in high school, while others think they should give the opportunity for everyone. I do share the same view with the second group.
On the one hand, the transcript-based recruitment will introduce the problems of grade inflation and incorrect assessment. For example, when the grades of lower-calibre students get inflated, it makes them appear similar to higher-calibre students. The problem is exacerbated by the tendency for different academic departments to exhibit different rates of grade inflation and the grades are no longer a good method of ranking performance to select qualified persons.
On the other hand, standardized tests are the only thing that allows college admission professionals to control for wildly different average GPAs at different high schools. For example, if a student had a tough time in high school and ended up with a less-than-stellar transcript, a high test score could help to bolster that student’s application. But it is important to recognize that the reverse can happen, too. Students who perform well in the classroom might struggle with standardized testing. A student’s ability to learn and to process information over time is a better indicator of how they’ll fare in college, rather than something more fleeting, such as their standardized test-taking skills.
Overall, the grading would increase the pressure on teachers to inflate their grades resulting to the unfair enrolment, meanwhile the standardized tests would be able to show an applicant’s aptitude for success in college. Although in some occasions, standardized tests only seem to underscore individual weaknesses of learners and promote an unhealthy culture of one-upping each other, it is still an effective way to assess the knowledge capability of people. 
Nowadays, the  
school
 system is  
overly
 focused on grading.  
Some
  people
 argued that the colleges need to receive  
only
  students
 who had excellent transcript in  
high
  school
, while others  
think
 they should give the opportunity for everyone. I do share the same view with the second group.
On the one hand, the transcript-based recruitment will introduce the problems of  
grade
 inflation and incorrect assessment.  
For example
, when the  
grades
 of  
lower-calibre
  students
  get
 inflated, it  
makes
 them appear similar to  
higher-calibre
  students
. The problem  
is exacerbated
 by the tendency for  
different
 academic departments to exhibit  
different
 rates of  
grade
 inflation and the  
grades
 are no longer a  
good
 method of ranking performance to select qualified persons. 
On the other hand
,  
standardized
  tests
 are the  
only
 thing that  
allows
 college admission professionals to control for  
wildly
  different
 average  
GPAs at
  different
  high
  schools
.  
For example
, if a  
student
 had a tough time in  
high
  school
 and ended up with a  
less-than-stellar
 transcript, a  
high
  test
 score could  
help
 to bolster that  
student’s
 application.  
But
 it is  
important
 to recognize that the reverse can happen, too.  
Students
 who perform well in the classroom might struggle with  
standardized
 testing. A  
student’s
 ability to learn and to process information over time is a better indicator of how they’ll fare in college,  
rather
 than something more fleeting, such as their  
standardized
  test
-taking  
skills
. 
Overall
, the grading would increase the pressure on teachers to inflate their  
grades
 resulting to the unfair  
enrolment
, meanwhile the  
standardized
  tests
 would be able to  
show
 an applicant’s aptitude for success in college. Although in  
some
 occasions,  
standardized
  tests
  only
 seem to underscore individual weaknesses of learners and promote an unhealthy culture of one-upping each other, it is  
still
 an effective way to assess the knowledge capability of  
people
.